Myanmar’s economy is set to shrink by 2 percent this financial year, due to the effects of intensifying conflict and economic mismanagement by the military junta, according to the latest Myanmar ...

As Myanmar’s economy opens to the world, it is set for a spurt of growth. The country’s domestic banks must be flexible and sharp enough to seize the opportunities that arise As Myanmar's economy ...

Myanmar's opiate economy -- including the value of domestic consumption ... which ooze a small amount of sticky brown resin. Aung Naing, 48, gently transfers the collected resin from a small trough ...

Cherry and Kay Kay walk into room Number Two of a Yangon karaoke bar, where a man waits alone for them on a brown leather sofa. Cherry and Kay Kay walk into room Number Two of a Yangon karaoke bar ...

BANGKOK--Army-ruled Myanmar’s economy remains fragile as civil strife, inflation and onerous policy decisions add to troubles facing farmers and businesses, reports by the World Bank and other ...

I remember the events of four years ago as if they took place yesterday. The scenes I witnessed in Myanmar at the time were truly worthy of the description “hellscape.” The telephone lines and ...

BANGKOK--Myanmar’s economy is forecast to contract this year, the World Bank said Wednesday, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its elected ...